BLEACHed Up!
Friday, July 20, 2007
I really love this anime because first of all it has a good appeal to everyone. The first time I heard this anime at Comic Alley (SM Southmall Branch) since the middle of 2006. I was interested on it. The characters that I knew the first are Ichigo, Rukia, Kon & Renji(it's embarassing to say that I have misnamed him as Byakuya). So I wait for the time to watch this anime. Until, April 9, 2007, I watch this on the T.V. and I say is "Wow! I like this show so much" I was astonished because this show is really beautiful. The first time I heard it's opening and closing theme, I have the feeling of downloading the songs of this show. Up to now I still love this anime. At my computer, I have too many music and images from this anime.
A bit of Information:
Bleach is an ongoing manga series authored by mangaka Tite Kubo. Since its debut in 2001, Bleach has been adapted into an anime series, two OVAs, two anime films, a rock musical, and numerous video games. Compilation volumes of the manga have sold over 39 million copies in Japan.
Bleach follows the lives of Ichigo Kurosaki, who is a high school student with the ability to see ghosts, and a shinigami (Soul Reaper or, literally, "death god") named Rukia Kuchiki, who crosses paths with Ichigo while hunting an evil spirit known as a hollow. Rukia is wounded during the ensuing confrontation with the spirit and is left with no choice but to transfer her powers into Ichigo. Thus the adventures of Ichigo and Rukia begin. Together they search for hollows and perform soul burials on wayward souls, cleansing the spirits and sending them to Soul Society. The early parts of the story focus mainly on the characters and their pasts, rather than the actual occupation of the shinigami. As events unfold, the story begins to delve deeper into the world of these gods of death on the "other side" called Soul Society.
The Bleach manga was first released in August of 2001 in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. New Japanese-language chapters are featured weekly in the same magazine. The chapters are regularly complied in seven-to-nine chapter tankobon by Shueisha every few months. The first volume of the manga sold over 1.25 million copies in Japan, and the manga series alone has sold over 39 million volumes. In 2005, Bleach was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award in the shonen category.
The Bleach animated TV series is broadcast on Wednesdays by TV Tokyo and affiliated stations throughout Japan. It is co-produced by TV Tokyo, Dentsu and Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe, with character designs by Masashi Kudo and music by Shiro Sagisu. The first episode was aired on October 5, 2004. The first 63 episodes were based on the manga, and the following 46 were original to the anime. Beginning with episode 110, the anime has returned to the manga storyline, yet incorporates elements from the previous 46 filler episodes. There are no plans to end production of the series. In addition, two OVAs have been produced and an animated film, Bleach: Memories of Nobody, was released in Japan on December 16, 2006. A second Bleach film was announced on June 4, 2007. The movie will be released in December 2007. In a 2006 internet poll by TV Asahi, Bleach was ranked as Japan's seventh-favorite anime program.
VIZ Media has released 19 English-language volumes of the manga in North America, and numerous scanlation groups continue to release unofficial English translations of new chapters. North American sales of the manga have been high, with Volume 16 placing in the top 10 graphic novel sales in December 2006 and Volume 17 being the best-selling manga volume for the month of February 2007. On March 15, 2006, VIZ Media obtained foreign television, home video, and merchandising rights to the Bleach anime from the TV Tokyo Corporation and Shueisha. Subsequently, VIZ Media contracted Studiopolis to create the English dub of the anime, and has given its individual Bleach merchandising rights to several different companies.
The English version of the Bleach anime premiered on Canada's YTV channel in the Bionix program block on September 8, 2006. Cartoon Network's Adult Swim began airing Bleach the following evening. The English version of Bleach was nominated for the "best manga" and "best theme" awards at the 2006 American Anime Awards, but did not win either category. It has been nominated again in 2007 in the fields of "best manga", "best actor", "best DVD package design", and "best theme".
So much for praises and infos, I will judge this anime once and for all. The storyline was fine but I just hate the fact that Ichigo steals the fight of others. Well, he shows too much heroism. The graphics were good but sometimes it has glitches. The cast were great because this makes the anime more amusing to watch and it's thrilling to watch the action scenes here. The music is fine because all of the songs(opening, ending & insert) are nice to hear. I also include the background music. I really laugh especially when I heard "Comical World" and "Ditty for Daddy"
I have one friend, I her name was Rangiku(Jeannette), her fandom to BLEACH is barely shown. She has DVD's, music, images, Kon plushie and so many more items from that show. Wow! She's too rich. I get too much information from her about BLEACH
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It's better to watch the start of this show because if watch at middle parts of the anime you cannot easily relate to the show. I recommend you to watch this.
So, Sayonara! I will watch this anime at
You Tube or at
Daily Motion It's still ongoing in Japan. To be updated on the anime, watch at one of the sites that I recommend.
Labels: anime
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